Add to ORKGRevivals of the 1950s and 60s spawned a movement of spiritual and practical change within the Amish community of Lancaster County, PA. Out of those changes came an unusual Amish gang called the Goodies. They were thus named because of refusing to engage with their old friends in the Amish tradition of Rumspringa. This article describes the beginnings of the Goodie gang and the consequential divisions that sprung out of this movement, including four new Amish-Mennonite congregations in Lancaster County. In conclusion, the paper reflects on some mission activity spawned by those within the Goodie gang in the years following
Throughout much of their existence, the Amish remained relatively unknown and/or misunderstood by mu...
Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively...
The study of Beachy Amish-Mennonite identities is a complex endeavor. As a loosely-organized fellows...
Though often perceived as static, Amish identity is subject to change. The mid-twentieth century was...
This article provides a brief history of several Amish church schisms in Holmes County during the 20...
The Amish have long faced disagreement over matters of internal policy and adoption of external idea...
This article examines the growth of Amish and plain Anabaptist communities and population in Kentuck...
Analyzes Mennonite representations of the Amish during the third quarter of the twentieth century in...
A full history of the “Old Amish Church” project (c. 1865 to c. 1955-1973) has yet to be written, at...
The Michigan Amish Fellowship is a distinct Reformist Amish affiliation marked by intentionality in ...
For their several-hundred years of successfully maintaining Amish settlements in North America, for ...
Throughout much of their existence, the Amish remained relatively unknown and/or misunderstood by mu...
• Children of the Spirit, Not of the Law: Themes in Anabaptist Theology • Religious Symbols in a Sy...
This is a German-to-English translation of Bishop Joseph E. Peachey’s (Belleville, PA) account of th...
Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively...
Throughout much of their existence, the Amish remained relatively unknown and/or misunderstood by mu...
Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively...
The study of Beachy Amish-Mennonite identities is a complex endeavor. As a loosely-organized fellows...
Though often perceived as static, Amish identity is subject to change. The mid-twentieth century was...
This article provides a brief history of several Amish church schisms in Holmes County during the 20...
The Amish have long faced disagreement over matters of internal policy and adoption of external idea...
This article examines the growth of Amish and plain Anabaptist communities and population in Kentuck...
Analyzes Mennonite representations of the Amish during the third quarter of the twentieth century in...
A full history of the “Old Amish Church” project (c. 1865 to c. 1955-1973) has yet to be written, at...
The Michigan Amish Fellowship is a distinct Reformist Amish affiliation marked by intentionality in ...
For their several-hundred years of successfully maintaining Amish settlements in North America, for ...
Throughout much of their existence, the Amish remained relatively unknown and/or misunderstood by mu...
• Children of the Spirit, Not of the Law: Themes in Anabaptist Theology • Religious Symbols in a Sy...
This is a German-to-English translation of Bishop Joseph E. Peachey’s (Belleville, PA) account of th...
Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively...
Throughout much of their existence, the Amish remained relatively unknown and/or misunderstood by mu...
Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively...
The study of Beachy Amish-Mennonite identities is a complex endeavor. As a loosely-organized fellows...